Metaverse...

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The metaverse isn't anywhere near done but we are now able to at least keep track of users. Eventually everyone will have accounts tied to their Drengin accounts with a galactic map and all sorts of other goodies.

But at least now we can see who the top players are. ;)
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Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
lol
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
How did you get 2 million?!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Cheater!!! :sniff!:
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Yep, hehe - I found a savegame where I was at the end of the game :)

Anyway I'll replace that entry with a new one this weekend when I have some time. hehe.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I think the scores are cumulative. Brad, what's the formula?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
The current formula is pretty basic...I think it's the average of your military, population, economy, and techological averages. For the beta we'll be implementing a new score formula, at which point all current scores will be wiped from the metaverse. That score will be something like...

(GameDifficulty * SizeOfGalaxy * (Player01 * Intelegenceo1) * (Player02 * Intelegenceo2) *... * (Player05 * Intelegenceo5) * sqr(HistoricalPopulation) * VictoryCondition ) / CurrentGameYear

Where the VictoryCondition is a number reflecting how the game ended (YouLoseCondition = 1, MilitaryVictory = 10, EconomicVictory = 20 ect). Dividing it by the GameYear will discourage players who want to build up their score by pressing the turn button when only one enemy star system remains.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Good thinking but I believe that the only way to keep a balaced top-list is to make more than one. One per gamewin type. The above formula is great for a person that uses combat to eliminate the enemy - but not that good for a person that goes for the research-win. Basicly because it takes more turns. But then the pop is probably bigger for those who goes for reseach so it might balance anyway. Hmm well some thoughts posted anyway. :)
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
As long as the victory condition takes into account the amount of extra time to win (ie research is longer than kill everyone), sounds good.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Metaverse takes all your games that you'v esubmitted and divides it by the square root of the # of games. So even if you lose, you're better off submitting it. However, you can only submit ONCE per game so loading a game, submitting it and then reloading and winning again won't get you duplicate wins, it'll take the first one you submitted.
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
Ehh when you complete a game by winning or losing you should see a screen where you see the score and can enter name/email. And choose if ya wanna submit it or not.
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
I just replayed the last few turns of my last game...no final screen asking for email or submit or not appeared.
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
I just got the lowest score so far for a win: 67 :)

It was in the beginning of a game (jan 2182), smallest map with all races using the hardest choices.

I found out you could sweet-talk them to give up their defender and transporter, and then I attacked them with their own transporter. hahahahahaha
Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top
i'm always connected to the internet, cable modem, and I didn't see the submit page at all. (:(